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Thunder and lightning accompanied a torrential downpour, followed by the obligatory pictures of rain pouring into the stadium through a leak in the roof.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Rick Atkinson’s “The British Are Coming,” about the Revolutionary War, is beautifully written and started off with a bang, but soon the accounts of battles, with their obligatory suffering and death, became too much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
"But ultimately, any decision that the leadership of the revolution announces is obligatory and we will obey."
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
We started with the nearly obligatory pão de queijo, crispy, cheesy, chewy bread that’s naturally gluten-free and positively scrumptious.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2022
After inspecting the unfinished Crocker Cracker, Hanson was escorted across the street to the Rad Lab for the obligatory demonstration of the lavender beam and was sent home suitably awestruck.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing obligatory
Persepolis
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George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)
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